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UCSD renames Black Alumni Scholarship Fund, now open to all students
Nov 3, 2025
Isaac Burge, Senior Staff Writer
This October, UC San Diego and the San Diego Foundation renamed their Black Alumni Scholarship Fund to the Goins Alumni Scholarship Fund, opening the scholarship to all applicants, regardless of race or ethnicity. The now-named GASF is a scholarship...
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UAW 4811 petitions UC to increase protections for international workers
Nov 3, 2025
Grace Na, Contributing writer
During this past month, the United Auto Workers Local 4811 union gathered more than 13,000 signatures for a petition demanding that University of California administrators provide financial and legal support and protect international workers from the...
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Week 5 AS Meeting Recap
Nov 3, 2025
Carter Lelash, Contributing Writer
2025-26 Executive Budget passes with amendments The Associated Student Senate passed the 2025-26 Executive Budget on Wednesday, Oct. 29, after weeks of presentations and deliberations. The Senate made the following reductions during the meeting: ...
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Extra! Extra! News in Brief – Week 6
Nov 3, 2025
Natalie Ambler and Giselle Hinojosa
Judge rejects San Diego lawsuit against Association for the City of La Jolla LA JOLLA, Calif. — In an Oct. 24 hearing, Superior Court Judge Judy Bae granted the Association for the City of La Jolla’s Aug. 25 motion to reject a lawsuit by the...

Sports
Men’s soccer’s Big West Championship debut ends in heartbreaking 2-0 loss to Cal Poly
Nov 7, 2025
Alex Lee, Staff Writer
Under gloomy San Luis Obispo rainfall, No. 6 seed UC San Diego men’s soccer (2-9-7, 2-2-5 Big West) fell to No. 3 seed Cal Poly (9-5-5, 5-2-2 Big West) in its first-ever Big West Championship game at Mustang Memorial Field on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Despite...
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Men’s basketball breezes to 105-73 opening day victory over La Verne
Nov 4, 2025
Alan Zhang, Sports Co-Editor
On Nov. 30, 2024, the Tritons arrived at their game against Division-III La Verne in the midst of a hot streak and exploded for a 109-33 rout — their biggest margin of victory since transitioning to Division I. One season later, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025,...
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Men’s soccer shocks Fullerton in 1-0 victory, secures Big West Championship berth
Nov 3, 2025
Lionel Liu, Contributing Writer
UC San Diego men’s soccer (2-8-7, 2-2-5 Big West) pulled off a shocking 1-0 win against conference leader Cal State Fullerton (8-6-5, 5-3-1 Big West) at Triton Soccer Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 1. An 87th-minute goal by redshirt junior forward Brian...
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Women’s soccer closes 2025 season with 1-0 win over UCSB
Nov 3, 2025
Alex Lee, Contributing Writer
UC San Diego women’s soccer (5-6-8, 3-3-4 Big West) defeated UC Santa Barbara (12-4-4, 5-2-3 Big West) 1-0 in a suspenseful Senior Night match at Triton Soccer Stadium on Thursday, Oct. 30. The teams were deadlocked until junior midfielder Alexis Nguyen...

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Returning to the field, Ava Tibor makes waves in her first collegiate season
Nov 3, 2025
Emily Gjevre, Staff Writer
Four minutes into her first collegiate game — and her first competitive match in three years — UC San Diego redshirt freshman forward Ava Tibor scored her first goal as a Triton. Just 45 minutes later,...
Lifestyle
How to bounce back from Halloweekend
Nov 3, 2025
Hannah Jang, Staff Writer
Halloweekend may be over, but there’s nothing more haunting than the post-Halloweekend experience in college — like getting outscored on your human biology midterm by someone who, just two nights ago,...
Lifestyle
The best ways destress after midterms
Nov 3, 2025
Tanvi Gupta, Contributing Writer
Midterm season seems to end as soon as it starts. Life as a quarter system warrior is not easy, and eight-hour study days in Geisel Library and all-nighters hunched under desk lamps can catch up to you....
Opinion
The real cost of your Halloween costume
Nov 3, 2025
Apoorva Belur, Contributing Writer
All year round, students turn to thrifting and sustainable shopping as an alternative to fast fashion, claiming to abhor its exploitation of child labor and natural resources. When fall arrives — amid...
Arts & Entertainment
Disney kills the last Skywalker and ignites a rebellion
Nov 3, 2025
Winter Moritz, Contributing Writer
Editor's note: 'Disney kills the last Skywalker and ignites a rebellion' was written alongside a companion A&E's Reporter Notebook piece written by Contributing Writer Winter Mortiz. Read her piece...